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Student wins gold medal for research ing and scholastic enrichment activities over the course of a year, culminating with the Sadie Seulal, a junior at Long Island ACT-SO competiSouth Side High School, took tion in April. Gold medalists, home the gold medal for her like Seulal, advance to the science fair project on tracking national competition where radioactive fallout in the Unit- they can compete for scholared States using honey advanc- ships and other rewards from ing her to the national NAACP national sponsors. Seulal’s project Afro-Academic, delves into environCultural, Technomental contaminalogical and Sciention, an area that is tific Olympics comtimely and critical. petition in Las Her curiosity led Vegas in July.. her to investigate Her project how honey, a natushowcases her dediral product, can cation to scientific serve as an indicaresearch, and help SAdIE SEulAl tor of radioactive shed light on an junior, material across the i n n o v a t i v e east coast — specifapproach to envi- South Side ically cesium-137. ronmental monitor- High School She began coning. ducting her extenThe ACT-SO program, created in 1978 by author sive research and analysis, and journalist Vernon Jarrett, while working in tandem with recognizes high school students James Kaste, a geology profesfor demonstrating academic, sor at William and Mary Colscientific, and artistic achieve- lege, during her sophomore ment, through competitions in year at South Side. “I was able to test various a variety of subjects including humanities, STEM, business, honey samples throughout the and the performance, visual east coast using a gamma ray spectrometer to see the levels and culinary arts. Students who participate in of cesium-137 in the honey,” the program conduct mentorContinued on page 8
By ABIGAIl GRIECo
Herald Intern
Courtesy Michael O’Rourke
Cian timpson, a student at St. Laserian’s School in Carlow, ireland, enjoys trying out the new swing for the first time. also pictured is his teacher, nosipho Mapolisa, and principal Rachel dolan, who helps push the swing.
Local efforts benefit Irish school Parade committee funds wheelchair-accessible swing By dANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com
The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade is a big tradition in Rockville Centre, and part of what makes “the Parade that Cares and Shares” stand out is its year-round philanthropic commitment. Since its inception in March 1997, the event has helped raise more than $1.5 million for 75 local, national and Ireland-based charities. Thanks to the community’s overwhelming generosity, the parade committee presented its 2023 charities — the Ryan Patrick O’Shea Foundation, HELP Uganda, and the
St. Laserian’s School — with checks for $60,000 each. With the funding awarded to St. Laserian’s, in Carlow, Ireland, the committee, a charitable nonprofit organization, was able to do something extraordinary for children on the other side of the Atlantic. St. Laserian’s serves special-needs students with a range of learning disabilities — many in wheelchairs — from six counties in Ireland. To provide equal opportunities for all of them, the school wanted to raise money to purchase and build a new adaptive swing set — one engineered with enough Continued on page 23
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